Builders' drawing of Trollfjord dated 2002. Note a transmission shaft running astern - perhaps the idea of generating electricity and using that to drive the propellers came later.

Hurtigruten MS Nordlys (Norweg­ian for northern lights) south­bound at Rørvik

(Harstad)

(Harstad) Even if you are only stopping for 15 minutes, you still need to be moored properly and if you are stopping eight times in 24 hours, you get pretty slick at the mooring process

(Harstad)

Hurtigruten MS Polarlys (Norwegian for polar lights, also known as northern lights or aurora borealis) southbound